text:
"Exhibiting as a group will give a powerful message," Cao told Light Reading. "We will be perceived as a much bigger player."
Over the past couple years, the majority of components vendors, including the likes of JDS Uniphase Corp. (Nasdaq: JDSU; Toronto: JDU), have been attracted to China as a manufacturing base, because of low labor costs. But Cao wants to take this idea one step further.
"They [components vendors] are only attacking the labor cost in the overhead," says Cao. "We can really provide an extra advantage to the customer, by addressing the materials supply."
The cost of materials makes up the largest part of the overall components cost -- up to 65 percent, he says. Many folk are buying their materials from suppliers all over Asia, and may not be getting the best prices. The GCPS consortium has already negotiated prices with established suppliers, he claims, which means it can help its customers lower costs and make the entire manufacturing process a lot smoother.
So far the consortium has six members:
- Arasor Corp., a subsytems manufacturer
- AocTel Inc., a manufacturer of fiber, cable, and optical subcomponents
- Browave Corp., a provider of OEM and ODM services for passive and active optical components
- Comcore Optical Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of passive optical components
- Ningbo Yunsheng Optical Communication Technology Inc., a manufacturer of fiber optic connectors, jumpers, and outside-plant fiber optic distribution subsystems
- Sinoceramics Inc., an optical and electronic materials manufacturer
The Chinese government clearly takes Cao and his company seriously. The investment arm of the Guangzhou government, Nansha High Technology Investment Ltd., has just agreed to finance a 200,000 sq. ft. factory for Arasor in the municipality's new Nansha IT Park. The facility, which will become operational in the fourth quarter of this year, will be the largest production facility built in Guangzhou since 2000.
Separately, Arasor plans to announce on Monday that it has acquired Lightbit Corp., a startup developing all-optical wavelength conversion technology (see Interest Grows in Wavelength Conversion).
— Pauline Rigby, Senior Editor, Light Reading


text:
Niklas schmitt yes, is it christmas already?? For the parcel delivery people in germany already. In the last few months, they have been as busy as they usually are during the (pre)christmas season. The exit restrictions caused by the corona crisis in particular have further boosted internet orders, which have already risen steadily in recent years.
While some people are increasingly mobile on the internet, others have to bring the things they order home. This is pushing delivery services to their limits – also in the hochstadt area. That’s why the post office, which includes DHL, is now building a new distribution center in hochstadt.
More and more parcels
Two years ago, the frankischer tag had already reported on the "unbearably tight" staffing situation conditions at the uehlfeld delivery point reported. The company reacted with an expansion, the plans to merge the hochstadt, uehlfeld and weisendorf bases were first cancelled, shortly afterwards the center moved on to neustadt.
Two years later, the situation looks different again. Erwin nier, press spokesman for the post office, spoke at the time of around 4.6 million parcels delivered daily by the post office alone. This year, there are about 5.3 million. And that is just an average day.
In the period of the lockdown, deliveries had almost reached the highs of the pre-christmas period, says nier. From november until christmas, the postal service delivers around 9 million parcels a day – and on peak days as many as 11 million. And now, after the shops have opened again? "Customers are ordering even more than they did in previous years." Many customers stayed with ordering, perhaps it is more convenient, explains nier the higher numbers than at the same time a year ago.
New distribution center
Because of these quantities, the post office is now building a new, larger base on the commercial ring in hochstadt, which should be ready by the end of the year. "There is more concentrated work in one place", says nier. "You get more broadcasts to the region faster then." For this, the parcel center in hemhofen will be integrated into hochstadt. 60 employees will then serve 40 delivery districts between hochstadt, adelsdorf, heroldsbach and rottenbach.
Nier allays worries about staff cuts: "no one loses their job because of such restructuring measures." On the contrary, says the press spokesman, the communities are growing and with them the customers who, as before, are ordering more on the internet.
For the customer, the logistical centering on hochstadt will not change much, says nier. The routes have been adjusted, so it may well be that someone who used to get their parcels around 11 a.M. Will have to wait until 2 p.M. And vice versa.
Competition is also growing
The competitor hermes has to deal with similar increases. The volume of shipments increased by around 40 percent, according to julia kuhnemuth, press officer at hermes. The quantities had developed heterogeneously during the corona period. They were slightly jerky at the beginning of march, but continued to rise in the following months. "We are otherwise familiar with this kind of workload from the christmas season", according to kuhnemuth. She won’t give exact numbers for competitive reasons.
Hermes serves its customers from a center in nurnberg, germany. "With the depot, we roughly cover the area from forchheim in the north to eichstatt in the south and from ansbach in the west to parsberg in the east."
So the comfort of some is the work of others. And someone of both has to be mobile in any case. We have not yet reached the point where someone will fly the ordered goods to our doorstep by drone.

domain: news


text:
ACMA calls for comments on digital TV development
December 13, 2007
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is seeking the views of interested parties on how ACMA and the industry should approach the development of codes and standards for digital television. 'We encourage industry participants to share their views with ACMA, particularly about how it should approach the making of mandatory requirements in the digital television area,' said Chris Chapman, ACMA Chairman.
Amendments to the Broadcasting Services Act 1992 have introduced new provisions allowing ACMA to determine technical standards for the transmission and reception of digital television to assist in minimising the impact on consumers of the transition to new types of services and equipment. ACMA may also register industry codes and develop industry standards if no code is developed or a registered code proves deficient.


text:
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — With the Christmas holiday right around the corner, you may be searching for gifts for the kids, but some are more dangerous than others.READ MORE: New Plaza At Hazelwood Green Set To Open With Public Celebration
“World Against Toys Causing Harm,” also known as W.A.T.C.H., is now out with its list of the holiday’s 10 worst toys.
Today @WATCHsafety held a press conference at Franciscan Children’s to reveal its 2018 nominees for the “10 worst toys” this holiday season. Joan Siff, President of W.A.T.C.H., and James Swartz, Director of W.A.T.C.H., spoke of how to bring about change in the toy industry. pic.twitter.com/bTe7SA0rAt
— Franciscan Childrens (@FranciscanHFC) November 13, 2018READ MORE: Lane Restrictions, Detour In Effect For The Weekend On I-376 In Moon Township
They can cause choking, strangulation, trauma or eye damage.
The group says you should stay away from the Nickelodeon Nella Princess Knight Pillow Pet, which has choking risks and battery acid leakage issues. There’s also the Nerf Vortex VTX Praxis Blaster, which could cause eye or facial injuries, and the Pull-Along Dog for entanglement and strangulation injuries.
The Cabbage Patch Kids Dance Time Doll and Zoo Jamz Xylophone also both have possible choking hazards.MORE NEWS: Pittsburgh Weather: Dropping Temperatures, Rain Chances
To see the full list of toys, visit W.A.T.C.H.’s website at this link.


text:
- Mazda MX-30 gets e-Skyactiv powertrain with 140 horsepower and 195 pound-feet of torque
- Driving range is estimated at about 200 kilometres according to WLTP
- Set to go on sale in Europe in early 2021, not confirmed yet for Canadian and U.S. markets
The fully electric Mazda MX-30, which was unveiled at the Tokyo Auto Show last fall, is set to go on sale in early 2021 in the United Kingdom. The Japanese brand is now accepting orders for the small crossover vehicle in the country, which will rival the Hyundai Kona EV, the Kia Niro EV, the Kia Soul EV as well as the upcoming Volkswagen ID.4.
The U.K. market is one of the first to announce pricing for the MX-30, which will first be available in a First Edition variant, limited to 500 units. Starting at £30,495, which amounts to roughly CAD$52,000 at the current exchange rate, the MX-30 First Edition includes a free wall box charger for home. The vehicle can also be plugged into a quick-charge station with a speed of up to 50 kW.
The battery-electric Mazda MX-30 crossover is equipped with a 35.5-kWh battery pack, which is good for a driving range of about 200 kilometres according to the WLTP used in Europe. The e-Skyactiv powertrain drives the front wheels, developing 140 horsepower (105 kW) and 195 pound-feet (265 Nm) of torque.
Since it’s a Mazda, dynamic handling characteristics have been baked in, with Electric G-Vectoring Control Plus, or e-GVC Plus, enhancing the MX-30’s roadholding capabilities by using motor torque to optimize the front-rear load shift for improved stability. Mazda also promises seamless transfer between power delivery and regeneration through the throttle pedal, as well as energy regen and hydraulic stopping action through the brake pedal.
The Mazda MX-30 also features a cockpit dressed up in environmentally friendly materials, including light grey fabric and stone leatherette highlighted with orange contrast stitching. A seven-inch digital climate control interface, head-up display, a power driver’s seat and the latest version of the Mazda Connect infotainment system are included as well, along with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration.
There will likely be more affordable variants of the Mazda MX-30 offered in the U.K. once the First Edition supply will run out. For the sake of comparison, the Mazda CX-5 is priced between £26,400 and £31,900. That means the EV crossover could be sold in Canada under the $45,000 threshold to qualify for the full governmental rebates. However, the MX-30 has yet to be confirmed for the Canadian and U.S. markets.


text:
Google rules out closing its news service in Australia as it steps up its fight against ambitious plan to finally make it pay a fair price for news
- Google said proposed law changes by ACCC unfair and unworkable
- Claims advanced warning for algorithm changes would make search worse
- Search giant cannot close service in Australia due to widespread reach of law
- Google says happy to pay to license content but changes needed to Code
- ACCC has accused Google of spreading misinformation about impact
Published: | Updated:
Google has confirmed it will not close its popular Google News service in Australia as its steps up its public campaign against paying for news content.
The company posted an open blog to its website on Monday claiming the proposed legislation drafted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission requiring it to share revenue with media businesses was ‘unfair’ and ‘unworkable’.
‘Put simply, it’s extremely one-sided and unfair – so unfair that no company should be be asked to accept it,’ it said.
But Google admitted it was unable to withdraw from Australia like it did in Spain when forced to pay for news in that jurisdiction because the proposed law was so broad it would require the company to remove all global news by media firms and ‘citizen journalists.’
The ACCC has accused Google – which raked in $4.8 billion in revenue from Australia last year – of running a deliberate campaign of ‘misinformation’ against its attempt to hold the company to account.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has drafted a new law that would require Google and Facebook to pay news organisations for content
Google posted an open blog (pictured) saying the proposal is unfair and would give the media an opportunity to ‘game the system’ and opens them up to ‘enormous and unreasonable demands’
Google’s post, the latest salvo in what looms as a protracted war with the Australian press, said shutting down Google News was not an option as the company would have to undertake ‘a mass cull of content globally to stop them being visible to Australians.’
It would include blocking access to overseas sport, discussions of global health issues and tweets about current events.
Google said it was happy to pay more to ‘license content’ but warned the ACCC’s bargaining code was unfairly stacked in the favour of publishers.
‘We are not against a law that governs the relationships between news businesses and digital platforms. But the current draft Code is unworkable,’ it said.
Under the Code, Google and Facebook would be forced into arbitration with media companies if they could not reach agreement on a fair price for news.
The blog claimed the arbitration process did not take account of the ‘significant costs we incur in providing our services’.
‘The arbitration is set up to encourage news businesses to make unreasonable and exorbitant financial demands,’ the company said.
Google also raised concerns about the requirement to give news companies 28 days notice of algorithm changes, arguing the measure would provide an unfair advantage to media over other businesses – and stop the search giant from making quick changes.
Google wrote: ‘We are not against a law that governs the relationships between news businesses and digital platforms. But the current draft Code is unworkable.’
‘That’s 28 days before we can roll out defences against new kinds of spam or fraud, 28 days of extra delay before we can launch new features that are already available to the rest of the world, and 28 days before we can fix things that break.’
Last month, the ACCC announced Google and Facebook would be forced to pay media companies for the right to use their stories or face fines of up to $10million for breaching a copyright deal.
Google had been quietly negotiating revenue sharing deals with a several media companies but abandoned those discussions when it launched its ‘google down under’ campaign last week.
In an ‘open letter’ to its 20 million Australian users, it warned it could stop offering free searches due to the proposed law.
However the company backtracked the next day, admitting it had not intention of charging for services.
The ACCC declared Google and Facebook would be forced to pay media companies for the right to use their stories or face fines of up to $10million for breaching a copyright


text:
Binance has announced that it plans to launch its new European headquarters in London, while also preparing for an application with the Financial Conduct Authority. Binance hopes to focus on “ecosystem sustainability” and says they’re planning to open offices around the world until 2020.
Binance has announced that it plans to launch in the U.K., and is preparing for seeking FCA approval. The exchange has also revealed that it will be launching a fiat-to-crypto trading platform. Read more in detail here: where is binance located.
According to The Telegraph, Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao has said that the crypto exchange hopes to become a registered service provider in the UK in six to 18 months.
Binance has unveiled ambitions to expand its operations in the United Kingdom, almost six months after the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned that the cryptocurrency exchange is operating without authorisation in the nation.
Anti-money laundering requirements in the United Kingdom
Binance was ordered by the UK regulator in June to remove advertising and make it clear on its website that it is not allowed to provide its goods and services in the nation.
Binance has hired “a couple of hundred compliance personnel” and “a lot of ex-regulatory employees from the UK” since then, according to Zhao, showing the degree to which the crypto exchange has strengthened its UK headquarters.
“There, we’re totally re-engaged.” “We’re making a lot of very significant changes in organizational structures, product offerings, internal procedures, and the way we deal with authorities,” Zhao said as the exchange revealed its intentions to apply for a license to operate in the United Kingdom.
Binance CEO stated, “We aim to continue to create a presence in the UK and serve UK consumers in a fully licensed and compliant way.”
With the FCA’s clearance, the crypto exchange will be allowed to sell products like futures and derivatives in the United Kingdom.
What is the location of your headquarters?
The financial watchdog reaffirmed its position in August, claiming that Binance “is not capable of being efficiently overseen.”
“At this point, we’ve grasped the situation. So, in most areas, including the United Kingdom, we’re in the process of establishing genuine offices, legal organizations, a legitimate board, and correct governance structures,” Zhao said.
With this in mind, Zhao’s business may create a distinct corporation named Binance UK, similar to the one that already exists in the US, to meet the FCA’s worries about Binance’s lack of a recognized headquarters.
The FCA’s notification was one of the first regulatory cautions Binance got from across the globe, prompting Zhao to adopt a more proactive approach to the company’s compliance strategy.
The most relevant daily news in the worlds of crypto, DeFi, NFTs, and more are summarized here.
Gain a competitive advantage in the cryptoasset market.
As a premium Edge member, you’ll get additional crypto insights and context in every story.
Analyses of the whole chain
Snapshots of prices
a little more context
For just $19 a month, you can become a member right now. Examine all of the advantages.
Watch This Video-
- is binance.us safe
- does binance work in usa
- is binance a wallet


text:
Bloggers at AppleInsider wrote over the weekend that Apple is planning to release a patch for iPhone 4's iOS 4 operating system that's designed to correct the problem.
"Readers report that Apple's tech support forums originally confirmed that a iOS 4.0.1 software fix addressing the issue would ship early next week," the blog said. However, AppleInsider also reported that all comments related to the matter have since disappeared from Apple's forums—leaving the computer maker's plans unclear.
Apple has not confirmed whether it will offer a software update aimed at the bug. It's also not certain whether the problem can even be solved with software, since it may be more related to hardware design.
Many iPhone 4 buyers have reported that Apple's new smartphone drops its signal if the bottom left corner of the device is covered by the palm of the user's hand—a situation that's common when the phone is wielded by lefties.
A YouTube member posted a video that appeared to show a fix that involves placing cellophane tape over the affected parts of the antenna. But Apple fans who endured long lines and shelled out big bucks for the company's newest gadget may not be thrilled about gumming up their sleek new toy with Scotch tape.
Apple has conceded that the flaw exists.
“Gripping any mobile phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas,” an Apple spokesman said last week.
iPhone 4 went on sale Thursday amid reports of product shortages and lengthy queues at Apple stores and iPhone retailers Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and Radio Shack.
iPhone 4 features a number of enhancements over its predecessor, the iPhone 3GS, including higher screen resolution (960 x 640 pixel technology dubbed Retina Display), a front-facing camera for video chats, and a longer lasting battery that affords 40% more talk time. It's also 24% thinner.
iPhone 4 is priced at $199 for the 16GB version, and $299 for the 32GB unit. A two-year AT&T contract is required.


text:
With a view to materialize Apple cofounder Steve Jobs’ vision, Apple Inc. hired a team of biomedical engineers. The engineers are working on a secret initiative. The Apple biomedical engineering team works on a technology project to treat diabetes.
Apple battles diabetesCNBC.Com reported, “Apple has hired a small, secret team of biomedical engineers to work on the Holy Grail for treating diabetes. At a nondescript office in Palo Alto miles from corporate headquarters, they are developing sensors to monitor blood sugar levels sources tell CNBC. The initiative was initially envisioned by Steve Jobs before his death. If successful, the advance could help millions of diabetes patients and turn devices like the Apple Watch into a must-have”.
By this initiative Apple did as same as Google and other tech giant did previously. In 2016, technology companies started working on healthcare sector utilizing technology. Even, last year big companies in the pharmaceuticals like GlaxsoSmithKline and Alphabet inc. founded a joint company to manufacture bioelectronics devices. The companies intended to battle illness with the help of individual nerves.
However, after such news some investors are assuming that Apple shares probably will go up.


text:
September 17, 2014
FROM THE EDITOR
by Nancy Zambell
Editor of Dividend Digest and Investment Digest
from Investment Digest, Issue 761
The markets have stayed on an upward trend this past month, and sentiment—as you can see from our Advisor Barometer—has become decidedly more bullish. However, our expert market prognosticators are still cautious, awaiting the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates this week.
On the economic front, consumer credit and sentiment have become more positive and unemployment claims are holding steady. Corporate America saw an excellent earnings season, and when companies feel confident that they can continue making money, they are more apt to spend it, which helps accelerate the economy.
Our Spotlight Stock this month reflects that growth, expanding its outsourcing services around the globe. I take a further peek into that growing industry in my feature article.
Growth stocks were on the minds of our advisors this month, and they span number of different industries, including retail, online auto information, REIT, energy, home building supply and drug store.
The financial industry is improving, offering several ideas in technology, brokerage and auto lending. And value stocks are beginning to heat up, with our contributors finding ideas in the food, temporary staffing, auto and insurance industries.
And while the markets continue to set records, our advisors have still managed to find several enticing low-priced stocks.
Technology remains attractive, and we share picks in a variety of industries, including communications, payment processing, robotics, RFMD and information technology. You’ll also find a large generic drug maker, a couple of balanced/blended funds, and some commodity ideas in our Funds/ETFs and ETNs section.
Don’t forget to browse this website for a growing library of educational articles and videos.


text:
How four friends are leading the fight against plastic with a modern twist on the milk round
The Modern Milkman was set up by Paul White and Thomas Shaw, owners of Wise Owl Creative, the Colne-based award winning marketing agency and local couple Simon Mellin and Becky Hilton.
Simon previously founded the successful Roaming Roosters brand, which he sold two years ago after winning a host of awards including Farming Partnership of the Year.
The idea was borne from David Attenborough’s Blue Planet programme, which focussed on the plight of plastic on our oceans.
The team then had the opportunity to set up a milk round covering Colne, Foulridge, Laneshaw Bridge and Trawden and have acquired hundreds of new customers since then.
They’ve also grown a range of products to include milk, flavoured milk, fresh orange, eggs and brownies by well-known local company Blondie Brownie.
The venture has been so successful that The Modern Milkman will soon expand to cover Burnley, Padiham, Nelson and Barrowford.
Co-founder Tom (23) said “We saw that there was a real opportunity to provide a doorstep service to people who wanted an alternative to single use plastic, but that it would need to be delivered in a really modern way to fit the needs of our fast paced lives today.
“We knew that we wanted to offer the traditional service, but with ease of ordering and payment. Next month we’ll be launching our new App, which people will be able to order through making it even simpler. We think we’re the first in the country to do this."
Simon (32) added: “The take-up has been incredible. There’s been such an appetite for it and I think it’s down to a combination of the ease of use, the desire to move from plastic and there’s still that really strong driver to support local farmers.
"All of our milk comes from Briercliffe and there is absolutely no plastic in any of our packaging.
“We’re going to be more than just a milkman, offering a range of products that are easy to order.
"Our fleet of new vehicles will arrive soon, and we’re ready to get cracking in other areas in East Lancashire and then beyond there. We hope to roll the App out nationally”.
For more information on The Modern Milkman, visit www.themodernmilkman.co.uk or email [email protected]


text:
Lipicard prescription and drug test, where to buy lipicard 1mg online in usa
We are proud for providing our online pharmacy clients with top quality service & products
Lipicard - CLICK TO CONTINUE
Our online pharmacy is the right place to shop for most trusted, high quality medications!
The tense encounters come as the two countries have resumed talks over renewing the 2015 nuclear agreement. The lipicard latest episode ended only after an American warship fired warning shots. Should you buy (or sell) a house right now? Record numbers of Americans are asking the same question. The 35-year-old Grammy winner also unknowingly ignored Viola Davis, Keri Hilson, La La Anthony, Tyler Cameron, and Nate Robinson Price generic lipicard no script online. Earths gastronomical delights are being adapted to life lipicard in orbit. As online shopping leaves Britain's once bustling high streets shadows of their former selves, officials in the capital and elsewhere are increasingly looking to housing to fill the vacuum left by empty units. The New York senator, 70, turned heads in an electric blue suit which he paired with patterned socks and shiny lather loafers. In the aftermath of a diesel scandal five years ago, executives made a commitment to electric vehicles that now is paying off. Having spent a decade at Manchester United - winning five major trophies - Old Trafford holds plenty of fond memories for the 31-year-old, but he could be forgiven for wondering what might have been. We39;re seeing a wave of people who will survive only with risky transplants. Anthony Parsons, also known as Tony, went missing aged 63 in 2017 while on a long charity cycle from his home in Tillicoultry, Clackmannanshire, to Fort William. Like many people, I'm now facing the possibility of several weeks confined with my four-year-old, a prospect only marginally less alarming than being cooped up with Frankenstein's monster Cambuslang, 6.5 lipicard miles outside Glasgow, is one of eight areas across the UK taking part in a six-month experiment to determine how to safeguard access to physical cash for those who need it. The report will fuel the longstanding debate about safety in college football, but changes do not appear to be imminent. Pick a big-name N.B.A. star, and hes probably been injured this season LeBron, Giannis, LaMelo, A.D., K.D. and, now, Jamal Murray. Whats going on? Ms. Power said during her confirmation hearings that she will use the agency to combat Chinas influence in regions including Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Here are 12 places to visit this spring and summer where you can soak up the wonders of the wild, from a stunning stretch of the Suffolk coast to a Welsh peninsula where you can spot peregrine falcons. The founding members of a league that would reshape soccer have warned the sports leaders that they will fight any effort to block their plans. Purchase now cheapest lipicard shop canada. Researchers at Osaka University bombarded a 160-year-old medicine vial with muons, confirming it was filled with mercuric chloride, a toxic substance used as a remedy for constipation and syphilis. Woodford, whose Equity Income Fund was at the centre of a scandal two years ago, had previously suggested his company could be based in Jersey. Naomi Osaka powered her way to a second Australian Open title with a lipicard comprehensive straight sets victory over grand slam final debutante Jennifer Brady. Purchase lipicard online with paypal. By basing trips around weekends, UK cruisers can savour the maiden voyages of two new ships plus four other beauties from other lines, using fewer days' holiday than a single two-week break. Foreign employees in wealthy households most of them women have been using the video-sharing app to bring abuses to light. Detergent allergy scented laundry.
cheap conduct lipicard order now visa uk
lipicard generic purchase
drontal buy on line canada
, cheap hoodia purchase online usa
, is it possible to buy pentrexyl online
, nalorex in contrassegno


text:
How does the aging 2018 Nissan Frontier pickup keep selling like hotcakes?
When it comes to cars and trucks, Americans want new every year. Some vehicles like the 2018 Nissan Frontier keep getting better with age. Americans are buying the mid-size truck at a fast clip in 2018 defying the odds. Nissan USA reports
the segment’s oldest mid-size pickup saw a year-over-year sales gain of 28.1 percent.
3 Reasons Why Nissan Frontier Is Mid-Size Truck Price Leader


text:
Trafford Centre opening times: The Trafford Centre will open at different hours around Christmas
From Monday December 4 to Saturday December 9, the Trafford Centre will be open from 10am to 10pm, with dining services staying open until midnight.
Then on Monday December 11 shopping hours will shift to 9am-11pm, giving shoppers more time to grab a Christmas bargain. These hours will last until December 23.
The Trafford Centre will open between 12pm and 6pm on Sundays in the run up to Christmas.
Here are the opening hours at the Trafford Centre for the week of Christmas and the start of the New Year:
Christmas Eve: 11am to 5pm - Dining services from 11am to 5pm
Christmas Day: CLOSED
Boxing Day: 8am to 8pm - Dining services from 10am to 8pm
December 27 to December 29: 10am to 10pm - Dining services from 10am to midnight
Trafford Centre Christmas hours: The shopping centre will have a Santa's Grotto
December 30: 10am to 9pm - Dining services from 10am to midnight
New Year’s Eve: 12pm to 6pm - Dining services 11am to 6pm
New Year’s Day: 12pm to 6pm - Dining services 12pm to 6pm
Individual store opening times may vary in the run up to Christmas, so check the Trafford Centre website for specific details.
The Trafford Centre will return to its normal opening times from Tuesday January 2.
What’s on at the Trafford Centre this Christmas?
The Trafford Centre will have a Santa’s Grotto between November 7 and December 24 this year, with tickets available online now. A child ticket costs £7.50 including booking fee.
There are also special designed sessions for autistic children available on certain dates. Visit the Trafford Centre website for more information.
The famous Coca-Cola truck will also be making a pit stop at the Trafford Centre as it embarks on its festive tour.
The Trafford Centre said: “For many, Christmas doesn’t start until the Coca-Cola Christmas Truck appears on our television screens and in our towns – it’s arrival signals that the festive season is well and truly underway, and that 'Holidays are Coming'.
“On your visit you'll have the chance to have your photo taken with the iconic truck.”


text:
In a move destined to boost morale, Jack Dorsey, the returning CEO of Twitter, announced in a pair of tweets (where else?) that he was giving one-third of his company stock back to employees. Dorsey actually live tweeted the announcement during a meeting with employees.
That represents a 1 percent ownership stake worth an estimated $214 million.
Another conference. “Great.”
This one’s different, trust us. Our new event for New York is focused on quality, not quantity.
This has been a busy time for the newly re-installed Twitter CEO. On October 13, Dorsey announced layoffs at Twitter totaling 8 percent in a bid to restructure the company. Just this week, Twitter held its second developer conference where it debuted a number of new tools.
As for stock giveaways, these are also not unheard of for Dorsey. As CEO of Square, he had previously handed over 15 million shares back to that company and to the Start Small Foundation, a company he founded.
He also said he’s giving 40 million additional shares to the foundation, which invests in small creative businesses and entrepreneurs.


text:
Apple’s iOS operating system is considered one of the most reliable and stable experiences on mobile devices, but occasionally, a bug will appear that will break functionality and can even disrupt a users workflow until Apple issues a fix.
The latest such bug causes a new headache for iPhone users, by cutting them off from WiFi access, if they connect to the wrong network. Simply connecting to an odd WiFi hotspot can simply break WiFi connectivity on your iPhone, according to a new report by Bleeping Computer.
If you’ve tried to connect to a WiFi hotspot in the past, you know the procedure – it’s the same as connecting to a regular WiFi network. However, the report states that Twitter user Carl Schou found an odd bug with his iPhone, when trying to connect to his own hotspot. The moment he connected to his own hotspot named “%p%s%s%s%s%n” the WiFi on his iPhone was disabled and refused to connect at all.
According to the report, Schou found that as soon as he connected to the hotspot, he found that the WiFi on his iPhone stopped working. Tapping the toggle to enable WiFi didn’t work – it would automatically turn off.
Meanwhile, even a reboot or modifying his SSID (the human-readable WiFi network name) did not fix the issue. He added that he first tested the experiment on an iPhone XS that was running the older iOS 14.4.2, but Bleeping Computer confirms that the hotspot bug also affected an iPhone running iOS 14.6 as well.
If you’re worried about the bug and how to keep your device safe, it’s best to ensure your iPhone connects to known networks. There’s no word on when a fix will arrive, especially considering this bug could simply break functionality on the phone.
As the report suggests, a malicious user could simply set up WiFi hotspots in public areas to trick iOS users into connecting their iPhones to the dummy network and disable their WiFi.
If you somehow get affected by the bug, it turns out that there is a fix available for users.
If your WiFi doesn’t work after connecting to this network, you must had over to your iPhone’s Settings app and tap on General, then tap on Reset. You can then tap the ‘Reset Network Settings’ that will get rid of all the network settings you changed and restore WiFi connectivity to your iPhone.
However, prevention is definitely better than cure, especially when you can avoid having to set up all your network settings all over again. – Hindustan Times, New Delhi/Tribune News Services


text:
Popular weight management company Herbalife has come under fire for being what Pershing Square CEO Bill Ackman calls ‘a pyramid scheme’.
Ackman, who runs the $11 billion hedge fund Pershing Square, has called Herbalife a pyramid scheme and publicly said that he’s betting $1 billion that its stock will fall to zero.
If Ackman is right, Herbalife, a company that reports roughly $4 billion in annual sales and a network of 3.2 million salespeople in 87 countries, could be shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission calls pyramid schemes illegal and says they prey on consumers. With more than $1 billion on the line, Ackman stands to make billions in profits too.
If he’s wrong, Ackman will not only lose money. An erroneous short call could tarnish his credibility as an activist investor. He’s already proven that he can force corporate boards — including those at the railroad company Canadian Pacific (CP) and retailer J C Penney Company Inc (JCP) — to make the changes he seeks. But the FTC and other federal agencies may not be as willing to listen.
Ackman says Herbalife is an “inherently fraudulent company.”
Why is Ackman attacking Herbalife?
“We don’t believe there is any demand for the product by true retail consumers at the suggested retail price,” Ackman told CNNMoney in an interview Monday.
“Herbalife sells products,” Ackman said. “But what they really sell and what their distributors make money from is by selling a business opportunity, and the business opportunity is to sell the business opportunity to your friends, who in turn sell it to their friends.”
Ackman first outlined his case against Herbalife during a three and a half hour presentation to investors last month. He says the company’s stock will “go to zero.” Ackman has also promised to donate all of his personal profits from shorting the stock to charity.
It’ll be really interesting to see how this all plays out with so many people attributing Herbalife to helping change their lifestyles. To read the full report, head on over to Yahoo! Finance.


text:
Converse launches their “Made by You” campaign for SS15.
The campaign calls upon some all-star friends to exhibit their very own Chuck Taylor’s, including Andy Warhol, Glenn O’Brien and Futura. Vice President Ian Stewart of Global Market at Converse says, “Fans of Chuck Taylor are the ones who have made Chuck Taylor an iconic badge of creative self-expression…” For Futura, the project feels almost personal. He reminisces on his childhood, and growing up on the brand, which is why being involved in the campaign is important to him.
“The ‘Made by you’ portraits remind me of my own sneaker photos. Each image tells a story about that specific moment in time: what part of the country I was in; what I was doing; who was with me. ‘Made By You’ not only celebrates the people who have made the Chuck Taylor more than a sneaker; it also seeks to unleash their continued creative expression around the globe.”
Futura, alongside others’ will hold a showcase of interactive galleries around the world, to show off sneaker portraits taken. London, Beijing, Mexico City and New York will all have the opportunity to attend.
Although Converse calls upon legends of the creative world to show off their own, we have all contributed to this campaign without realising. Everyone owns or has own a pair of Chucks. If you’re local to any of the galleries pay a visit.


text:
A security guard at San Jose’s largest marijuana dispensary, Caliva, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a company spokesperson.
Caliva executives informed employees on Wednesday that the guard had received positive test results for the virus after feeling mild symptoms for a few days. The company released an official statement to its customers on Thursday afternoon after an inquiry from this news organization earlier in the day.
The security guard has not been in the Caliva facility at 1695 S 7th Street since May 22 but did work 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. Monday through Friday of last week. The guard was in contact with a family member on May 17 who later tested positive for the virus and believes that was when the exposure transpired.
In a company statement on Thursday, Caliva said that the guard is “resting at home, showing no current symptoms, and feeling better.”
“We commend the guard for acting both quickly and responsibly within our safety protocols,” the statement said. “We continue to work closely with local officials on ensuring we are early adopters of all safety protocols.”
On Wednesday evening, Caliva hired a third-party firm to conduct a “professional, industrial-strength cleaning” of the entire facility, according to the company. Following the cleaning, the facility reopened for business as usual Thursday morning.
A worker at Caliva’s 7th Street location who was not authorized to speak on the matter told this news organization that while employees try to follow social distancing within the store, management has not provided sufficient supplies of hand sanitizer and wipes and has not enforced cleaning policies.
That’s been frustrating for employees still under immense pressure to hit sales goals. “It’s just upsetting,” the employee said.
The dispensary’s security personnel, including the individual who tested positive, have been wearing gloves and face masks while on the job, according to Caliva. The company is requiring that all other security guards that worked the same shift as the guard who tested positive take a mandatory 14-day quarantine leave from Caliva, according to a spokesperson.
Caliva has eight retail and delivery locations in California that employ more than 400 people. This is the first confirmed “customer-facing” Caliva representative to test positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to the company.
The security guard was the second Caliva employee to notify the company that they had tested positive for COVID-19. An employee in the company’s corporate office began feeling symptoms of the virus on March 10 and informed Caliva that they tested positive on March 23 — 10 days after it closed its offices. No other Caliva employees who came into contact with the person prior to the offices closing reported symptoms or tested positive for the virus, according to a Caliva spokesperson.
Santa Clara County dispensaries have been deemed as essential businesses since the beginning of the Bay Area’s shelter-at-home order and have continued to serve customers in stores as well as through deliveries. Dispensaries are considered essential providers of healthcare needs and therefore exempt from the orders, so long as the businesses take measures to ensure appropriate social distancing.
About two weeks after implementing the county’s public health order, Santa Clara County added a new stipulation that only allowed dispensaries to sell medicinal marijuana in stores and required that recreational cannabis be sold through deliveries. However, the order does not require that consumers carry a medical marijuana card to purchase cannabis products at dispensaries and it does not appear that the added stipulation has been strictly enforced.


text:
NEW YORK, United States — Macy's Inc said on Monday it would furlough most of its employees starting this week as all stores of the department chain operator stay closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The company, which has about 130,000 employees, earlier this month shut its more than 800 stores, suspended quarterly dividend and withdrew its 2020 forecasts. It has also drawn down all its available credit and frozen hiring and spending to offset the impact of the pandemic on sales.
"We've already taken measures to maintain financial flexibility ... While these actions have helped, it is not enough," Macy's said in a statement.
Widespread lockdowns to arrest the spread of the outbreak have hammered sales for the retailer as most of its physical stores remain closed, despite the online business staying up and running.
The fast-spreading virus, which has killed about 34,000 people across the globe, has only compounded sales pressure for retailers that were already struggling with stiff competition and a shift to online shopping.
Further underscoring the pandemic's devastating blow to the US economy, the number of Americans filing claims for unemployment benefits surged to a record of more than 3 million in the week before last.
The economic hit has also prompted the Federal Reserve to take the extraordinary measure of a $2 trillion stimulus package.
Macy's said on Monday it would maintain the "absolute minimum" workforce needed to maintain basic operations across its Macy's, Bloomingdales and Bluemercury brands.
At least through May, furloughed employees enrolled in health benefits will continue to receive coverage, with the company covering the premium amount. Employees at a director-level who are not furloughed will receive a pay cut.
The retailer added there would be fewer furloughs in its digital business, which is still operational, supporting distribution centres and call centres.
Macy's said it planned to keep its stores shut and bring back employees on a staggered basis only once business resumes.
By Aishwarya Venugopal; Editor: Devika Syamnath.


text:
The Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DCTCM) officially inaugurated HITEC Dubai 2018, the Middle East’s largest hospitality technology exhibition and conference.
Co-produced by Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP) and Naseba, this year’s expo takes place at the Madinat Jumeirah Dubai from December 5-6, showcasing a wide range of innovative solutions from the world’s leading hospitality technology providers.
Travel technology has grown rapidly over the last decade leading to drastic transformation and disruption in all aspects of the industry. HITEC Dubai demonstrates this success with a window to the latest trends shaping the hospitality industry.
On the event, CEO, HFTP, Frank Wolfe CAE said: “This year we have over 70 main stand holders and expect over 3,000 visitors, 2,000 business meetings and 300 intensive one-on-one sessions at the expo. The growth and scale of HITEC Dubai is testament to the buoyant hospitality industry in the Middle East.”
“Our core aim is to gather hospitality and technology leaders to share their success stories and tackle common challenges,” he added.
HFTP’s expanding Entrepreneur20X (E20X) competition will mark its debut in Dubai during the event, presenting a unique opportunity for start-ups to showcase their breakthrough business concepts to the industry.
Taking centre-stage at the show will be a Promobot, an intelligent humanoid robot, as well as ground-breaking regional and international case studies, thought provoking panel discussions and technology demonstrations from the world’s top service providers and revolutionary thinkers.


text:
Compared with January 2018, the value of greenhouse tomato, pepper and cucumber imports decreased by 15.2%, down to $79.5 million, the report says.
The drop in terms of volume was similar, with imports also falling by 15.2%. Tomato shipments totaled only 37.4 thousand tons, which is 10.2% less than a year earlier. Those of peppers reached 14.7 thousand tons (20.3% less), and those of cucumbers stood at 11.9 thousand tons (22.6% less).
in January 2019, pepper and tomato shipments to Russia still exceeded the figures reached in the first month of 2017; however, the import of cucumbers continued to decline for the fifth consecutive year, falling to a record low figure (at least for the past few years).
Speaking about the reasons for the decline in imports, EastFruit analysts point to two main ones: the declining incomes of the Russian population (together with the rising VAT rates), and the growth of the country’s own greenhouse vegetable production.
Russia’s largest suppliers of greenhouse tomatoes in January 2019 were Azerbaijan, Morocco, Turkey, China and Iran. Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran sharply increased their tomato exports to Russia compared with the same month last year, while Morocco and China, on the contrary, sharply reduced their supply volumes.
Israel was the clear leader in the delivery of peppers to Russia in January, well ahead of China and Turkey. Meanwhile, Iran exported mostly cucumbers to Russia; four times more than China.


text:
ARM chips to be integrated into LG digital TVs meaning 1080p video streaming is possible
LG and chip manufacturer ARM have signed a deal that will have ARM processors integrated into LG newest generation of HDTVs, which will mean 1080p video streaming and web-browsing should be possible via the television.
In a statement on its website ARM said: “The ARM11 MPCore multicore processor will be used and will be provides flexible and cost effective processing in next generation DTVs and enables LG Electronics to target a range of platforms with the same architecture simply by implementing single or multiple SMP cores. ARM Mali-200 and Mali-400 graphics processors will open the path to true 1080p resolutions, affording consumers a home cinema experience that includes high-definition graphics, whilst vastly improving the browsing experience on DTV user interfaces.”
One of LG’s head techies believes that the agreement will give their televisions the edge in the tech stakes.
“By licensing ARM technologies, LG Electronics will be able to offer a future-proofed premium-quality digital TV experience for today’s connected home,” said Seung-Jong Choi, research fellow of Digital TV Lab, LG Electronics. “The connected home relies on technology that is fully functional and that guarantees a high-quality, energy efficient multimedia experience. With Web 2.0 requirements moving into a connected and high definition home, LG Electronics has selected the ARM architecture to guarantee longevity for our own technology.”
It is not known when these televisions will be available in Australia, but the technology certainly sounds cool!


text:
Mountain View, California-based sleep tech company Beddr has closed $5.6 million in Series A funding and unveiled its flagship product, the Beddr SleepTuner. The funding round was led by Three Leaf Ventures, with additional participation from the Stanford-StartX Fund, Delta Dental Washington Seed Fund, IT Farm, and other unnamed individuals.
Beddr CEO and cofounder Michael Kisch told MobiHealthNews that his company will primarily be using the new money to commercialize and push its clinical-grade consumer sleep tracker to market.
“The issue with [consumer sleep devices] is that they’re not really gathering the gold standard data that physicians have relied upon for decades to really understand sleep issues,” Kisch said. “The point of view that we had is that there’s this new approach … that combines the consumer-friendly aspect of sleep trackers backs it up the clinical validity, the regulatory approvals, and the accuracy and precision of a medical device.”
Made available for preorder today, the SleepTuner is a tracker roughly the size of a quarter that is attached to the user’s forehead with one-time use hypoallergenic adhesives (12 of which are included with the device). Along with sleep duration, the device gauges sleep quality by tracking sleeping position, heart rate variance, blood oxygen saturation, and stopped breathing events. The data from its sensors is displayed through the accompanying mobile app, which offers daily sleep quality ratings and user insights.
Kisch said that his company’s team contains a split of consumer product and medical device veterans, an intentional choice when regarding the dual-focused trackers that the company is pitching. To this end, the SleepTuner has been filed with the FDA as a Class 2 device, a process that he and the company “fully expect to be through” in time for the September launch.
“It’s always been our intention that we’re going to do multiple filings with the FDA,” he said. “This first one, we’re considered a Class 2 device that’s called a ‘wellness oximeter.’ So that allows us to measure, display, and present information related to blood oxygen levels, stoppages in breathing, and pulse rate. The ambition of the company is to continue to gather more data and expand the clearances that we’re going to get with the FDA over the course of the next six to eight months. This is really a starting point for us.”
Kisch said that Beddr is primarily targeting consumers with its product, but is also pursuing pilots with self-funded employers as well.
But in some respects, the device was also designed with sleep health practitioners in mind, he continued, as the quality and types of data being collected could be a boon for those treating patients.
“We’re working with some of the leading minds in sleep research and sleep medicine,” Kisch said. “We believe that this is a product that is going to empower individuals to better understand their sleep, but we also view it as a powerful way for the existing sleep medicine community to improve how they are going to be able to deliver care to their patients. And we’ve worked very closely not only on driving the user-centered component of this, but also working with physicians and making sure that this is done in a responsible way that is consistent with how they are practicing medicine at their clinics.”
According to a statement, Beddr also hopes to facilitate access to board-certified sleep physicians, ongoing coaching, and support personalized treatment options in the future.Air Jordan Horizon AJ13


text:
- ABOUT IMC
- IoT LIBRARY
- RFP PROGRAMME
Ottonomy Launches Contactless Delivery Robot
- November 11, 2021
- William Payne
Ottonomy has launched a contactless food delivery service with Los Angeles-based mobile ordering app, Crave, focusing on the restaurant and hospitality sectors. Ottonomy has been piloting both indoor and outdoor delivery in markets across the United States in multiple industries and sectors including airport and retail.
The company is aiming to address staffing shortages which have become a major biggest business challenge for the retail and restaurant industry. The new delivery service operates on a “RaaS” (Robots as a Service) model. Ottonomy claims that this provides a more economical, sustainable and scalable delivery option in comparison to traditional 3rd party delivery services.
Ottonomy’s robot employs a proprietary contextual mobility navigation software that enables the robot to navigate both indoor and outdoor environments. The company says its robot is fully autonomous and comes programmed with multi layered safety protocols to facilitate safe navigation in crowded environments like curbside, sidewalks and airports.
“Our omnichannel mobile ordering is built to benefit both customers and the staffing needs of retail and restaurant industries,” said April Cho, CEO of Crave. “Ottonomy allows us to give the option for deliveries at food courts, curbsides and at your doorstep.”
“Scaling technologies like robotics in public spaces is extremely challenging, there are many outside factors to consider when embarking in an industry that involves consumer-facing interaction,” said Ritukar Vijay, CEO of Ottonomy. “In the development of our technology, our team was careful to factor in safety to ensure that the solution would be plug and play and scalable for the enterprise.”


text:
Atlanta-based Anisa International kicked off 2014 with a major strategic expansion bringing innovation to new product lines and opening a New York office that will foster a vibrant community of designers collaborating to transform the makeup artistry tools and packaging industry. The company also enlisted new senior talent to support its enhanced business objectives.
Anisa International will bring new ideas to market, continuing its renown as a designer in tune with consumer needs. New lines include brush cleaners, nail accessories and bag classics.
Anisa International also entered the Big Apple with an office and showroom at 530 Seventh Avenue. To guide design conversations and build a creative network in the New York office, Anisa International brought on team member Karim Fugel, vice president of bags and accessories. Fugel will specialize in driving the company’s portfolio of bags and accessories for both private label and upcoming branded sales.
More info: www.anisa.com


text:
MLive.com is currently searching for Michigan's best doughnut and a local favorite is on the list of potential bakeries.
The website held a poll on for folks across the state to nominate their favorite bakeries. Currently, writers from the site are traveling to 33 bakeries in 10 days to taste test the doughnuts.
Huron Mountain Bakery is the only bakery from the Upper Peninsula to make the list of 33.
"We like to experiment every so often. So sometimes you see some new ones that are kind of floating out around there. So when we have time we like to try out new ones, see what people like, just a variation. We have a great variety of doughnuts," said Rachel Freeman, Production Manager at Huron Mountain Bakery.
Freeman also mentioned that love goes into every doughnut at the bakery.
MLive.com will be at Huron Mountain Bakery on Sunday March 23rd from 11 a.m. until noon.


text:
A MAN sold stolen bikes on Ebay then spent the cash on lavish holidays.
Unemployed Carl James, 34, pocketed more than £15,000 in just 12 months selling bicycles on Ebay from his home in Haymarket Road, Cambridge.
Officers seized a number of bikes – including two confirmed as stolen - from his home when they carried out a warrant in April.
Examination of his Ebay account showed he had sold bikes, bicycle parts and an acupuncture laser kit for a total of £15,148 between April 2011 and April 2012.
It also emerged he had splashed out on several holidays, each costing up to £6,000, to Mexico and the Maldives.
He denied 10 counts of converting criminal property but was convicted following a week-long trial at Cambridge Crown Court.
He was sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, given a 12-month supervision order and ordered to carry out 250 hours’ unpaid work at Cambridge Crown Court yesterday (Thursday).
PC Eleanor Jaggard said: “Carl James was making a lot of money selling stolen bikes to customers online.
“Those buyers had no idea they were buying stolen property.
“This type of offending can fuel bike theft because it provides a market in which thieves can sell on stolen bikes.
“He had been warned about his conduct previously but continued to trade in stolen goods and is now facing the consequences.”


text:
Lunar Capital has bought a controlling stake in Chinese snack food maker Guizhou Yonghong Food, according to a company statement.
The deal was valued at $50 million, scaled in over time, and represents about a 65 percent stake, Derek Sulger, Lunar managing partner, told Private Equity International.
Yonghong, established in 1984 and headquartered in the city of Guiyang in the southwest of China, supplies processed beef products such as beef jerky under the brand name of “Bullhead” or “Niutou” to 28 provinces.
Sulger said his firm intends to put Yonghong on a growth path, modernising its distribution channels, to include online distribution, diversifying the product line, and selling the products in Southeast Asia.
The way we compete in China is generally on our ideas and willingness to roll up our sleeves and help the company. An enormous amount of businesses all over China need this help
“The way we compete in China is generally on our ideas and willingness to roll up our sleeves and help the company,” Sulger said. “An enormous amount of businesses all over China need this help.”
Lunar’s operations team will take over the management of the business and work closely with the three co-founders of Yonghong, who retain a substantial minority stake, the statement said.
Eric Yiming, a Lunar partner, will lead the integration process and be seconded to Yonghong as CEO. Yiming has 25 years of experience in the consumer sector and has assumed key executive positions in Asia, managing well-known brands including Marlboro, Heineken, Tiger Beer, Tropicana and Dole Juice.
Sulger will become chairman of Yonghong. He sees the potential for synergy with Lunar’s investments in another meat processing business and two food and beverage companies in China.
In addition, Lunar Capital will open a new office in Guizhou Province to provide staffing and support to Yonghong.
China’s food industry is viewed with suspicion due to several food safety scandals over the last several years, some of which resulted in deaths. Sulger, however, believes Yonghong has a high commitment to quality and safety, reflected in the company culture and popularity of its branded products.
“Now is the time you should buy companies that have systems and processes [to ensure food safety] in place as well as a culture of addressing those problems,” he said.


text:
New OPPO Find X2 leaks reveal display specifications
Chinese phone makers are really making a name for themselves in this industry. Xiaomi continues to release very well spec’d devices at a fraction of the competition’s price. OPPO continues to innovate, and Android is a better platform for it.
OPPO Find X was a masterpiece when it launched. The device found a way to do away with the notch that was ubiquitous in the market at the time, using a slide-up mechanism.
But that was back in June 2018 and the device is long overdue for an update. Well, while it has been confirmed that there will be a successor, little has been available in terms of leaks about the OPPO Find X2. Until now.
Renowned Weibo blogger, digital chat station has unveiled Oppo Find X2 display specification on the platform. From the leaks, we are meant to believe that the OPPO Find X2 is equipped with a Samsung-made curved OLED display.
According to the leaks, the Find X2 will have a resolution of 3168×1440, spanning across 6.5 inches. The display will also support upto 120Hz refresh rate.
The device should also allow for options to set any of these parameters in a way that helps save battery. This means users can choose between 60 and 120Hz, and FHD+/QHD+.
Previous leaks of the OPPO Find X2 from the same tipster hint towards a number of unsurprising internals. Moreover, the device is expected to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset plus the X55 baseband 5G modem.
The device can also sport an LPDDR5 RAM and a UFS 3.0 storage. Being an OPPO device and knowing the company’s push with fast charging, it is, therefore, no surprise that the device is expected to support quick charging up to 56W.
Other OPPO Find X2 rumours surrounding the camera indicate that the device will feature a triple camera setup. These cameras will be aligned in the form of a crescent moon on the rear panel. The device is also rumoured to include a new flagship Sony sensor.
NOTE: We have more OPPO stories here.
PiunikaWeb started as purely an investigative tech journalism website with main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and many others. Want to know more about us? Head here.


text:
Apple is looking to announce an entry-level Macbook variant as soon as the end of 2018's second quarter, possibly around the company's developer conference WWDC 2018. According to online reports, this variant is expected to be priced similar to the MacBook Air range or a bit higher. Reportedly, the upcoming "budget" MacBook will borrow the MacBook Pro's 13.3-inch display that comes with a resolution of 2560x1600 pixels - panels for which are expected to be sourced from Korea-based LG Display. The report adds more details about the refreshes expected in the iPad and iPad Pro product lines.
A report by Digitimes reveals that Apple is indeed looking to bring back the "affordable" MacBook after having focused on its premium MacBook Pro variants for the past couple of years. Further, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst Jim Hsiao, shipments for this upcoming MacBook model are expected to reach four million units by the end of 2018.
Digitimes goes on to claim that Apple's preferred supplier for MacBook panels will be South Korea-based LG Display, considering the Cupertino giant had issues with a certain China-based vendor. LG Display will start supplying panels by April this year. The MacBook variant is said to enter mass production by late May or early June.
Interestingly enough, Apple's alleged target of six million shipments is forecasted to fall short by a third as Digitimes believes the new price might not be enough to attract buyers. The report also mentions that Apple's affordable 9.7-inch iPad and an upgrade to the iPad Pro will launch in the second half of 2018.
A recent report by KGI Securities' Ming-Chi Kuo expects this affordable MacBook variant to push Apple's MacBook sales significantly by up to 10-15 percent.


text:
Supermarket Aldi is to open 15 new stores across the UK before the end of the year, creating hundreds of jobs.
New locations will include Edinburgh, Orpington and Poole, adding to the chain’s 930 existing stores.
The new stores form part of Aldi’s commitment to invest more than £1.3bn by 2023, with plans to open 100 new stores over the next two years.
Each new store creates around 30 jobs on average.
Ciaran Aldridge, national property director at Aldi UK, said: “There are still too many people for whom shopping at Aldi isn’t a convenient option.
“We’re committed to changing that and opening nearly four new stores a week before Christmas clearly demonstrates our progress with this.”


text:
Overall, reviewers say the hands-on experience of "iDevices" with iOS 5 is more polished, more useable, and more functional than ever before. Reviewers generally are positive about the production release, especially for its revamped notifications, the new iMessage for texting, integration with iCloud and Wi-Fi syncing, and expanded HTML 5 support in the mobile Safari browser.
"The [new approach to] notifications alone are worth the upgrade, and the potential with iMessage eventually being truly seamless and replacing traditional texts can't be missed," says Jacqui Cheng, reviewing for ArsTechnica.
With iOS 5, Apple's mobile devices decisively cut the USB cord to personal computers. "The ability to set up and sync your iOS device's content with your computer or the cloud without having to tether to a computer is a huge step forward for the operating system and the devices that work with it," Cheng says.
What's more, it works just fine on existing iPhone 4 and iPad 2 devices, according to Dante Cesa, reviewing for Engadget. "IOS 5 made these devices feel as snappy as ever," he says. "Transitions were smooth, apps loaded quickly and we never felt like new features overwhelmed our device. On the original iPad, much of the same applies."
The new OS is "certainly more polished and feature-complete than it ever has been," according to Cesa. "With [former] gripes like notifications and wireless sync behind us, Apple's been able to hone in on breaking new ground with features like Siri, iCloud and iMessage -- all in an extremely refined way."
The one key feature that hasn't yet been fully evaluated in hands-on reviews is Siri, the new voice "assistant" iPhone. Siri requires the dual-core processor in the new iPhone 4S and will only be available on that model phone.
Until now, a notification about an incoming call or email interrupted the user, in effect suspending whatever he was doing until he decided to view the notification or ignore it. Apple has created a Notifications Center, and extensive settings, that let users collect and manage their notification process.
"The main settings screen lists every app that could send you notifications, and you can control how each app uses them," Cheng says. "The Alert Style settings let you choose how you want each app's notifications to appear."
"So does it work? In a word, yes -- it's certainly far better than its antiquated predecessor," Cessa says. "Maybe we were expecting something more radical -- say, notifications that sync across devices -- but we're glad it's here, and boy does it make iOS a whole lot more livable."
Sign up for Computerworld eNewsletters.


text:
A fleet’s total cost of ownership is based not only on the initial cost of the vehicle, but also on its maintenance and repair costs. Access to parts and service bay availability keep downtime to a minimum. This causes fleet owners and managers to focus some of their attention on what’s going on in the parts and service aftermarket in order to take advantage of trends and developments. Here’s a look back on some of the key aftermarket issues from 2019.
Proliferation of All-Makes Parts Programs
Perhaps it’s the result of fleets’ abilities to buy truck parts on Amazon, but most manufacturers and component suppliers are now offering value line parts. These offerings often are part of an all-makes strategy that allows truck makers to sell to fleets that have trucks from multiple manufacturers and/or of various ages.
While all-makes parts programs are not new — Paccar’s TRP brand celebrated 35 years in business in 2019 and Freightliner’s Alliance brand has been around for 20 years — we’ve seen a growth in the number of standalone locations selling these brands. TRP has 52 retail stores in the U.S. and Canada, while Alliance has 13. The manufacturers pick strategic locations for the stores — those that see a great deal of truck traffic and cater to drivers who are out on the road away from the local parts supplier.
The parts portfolios for these all-makes programs include items like accessories, batteries, brake drums, lubricants, coolants, steering and electrical components, belts, hoses, etc.
The manufacturers say fleets benefit because these all-makes lines offer selection, value, quality, reliability, availability and support.
In many cases remanufactured parts are an integral part of an all-makes parts program. Reman parts fit nicely into the all-makes strategy because they are available at a lower price, but also are built to OEM quality standards.
Expect additional developments in the all-makes parts programs from the expansion into new product categories, to more stand-alone locations as manufacturers jockey to get more of the maintenance and repair parts business from mixed fleets and from owners of older trucks.
Technology’s Impact on the Aftermarket
Technology is impacting the aftermarket in several ways, most notably facilitating a switch from preventive to predictive maintenance and also in the area of technician training.
At least one company is using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help fleets identify potential problems. Data from the vehicle’s telematics device is combined with what is called contextual data (weather, traffic, operating conditions, etc.). Data science is used to detect specific failures and to then predict when a failure will occur. The sooner the fleet finds out about an impending failure, the more options they have for resolving the problem. Addressing problems before they result in a breakdown should not only help reduce maintenance costs, but also improve operating efficiency. With its ability to learn, AI might be just the tool the industry has been looking for to more accurately predict a developing problem.
Another way that technology is affecting the aftermarket is in the area of technician training. Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are ways to bring more training into the shop. Younger technicians, who grew up with technology and expect to be able to use it in the workplace, will be especially open to learning via these methods.
AR and VR training are becoming more widely accepted and less costly to execute. There is a difference between AR and VR. AR overlays digital information on a real-world situation to enhance the real-world by providing additional information, images, text, etc. With VR, the technician will be immersed in a computer-generated reality where the user is completely in a digital environment.
While it is unlikely that AR and VR will replace existing training, they will be a good way to supplement it and can be one additional thing for fleets to tout in their technician recruiting efforts.
Technology is not the only thing that will help with technician recruiting and retention. The trucking industry needs to become more involved in career and technical education programs. This means meeting with administrators and instructors at local schools offering technician training programs and talking about the skills needed by today’s entry-level technicians. These schools also need equipment for hands-on training. This needs to be more than donating some 10-year-old truck. Today’s students need to be trained on today’s equipment and the only way that will happen is if they actually have the latest equipment on which to practice.
Supplier Support and Distributor Relationships
While fleets face a variety of challenges, aftermarket parts suppliers want fleets to know that they can help them successfully navigate those challenges.
One of the biggest ways suppliers can do that is providing fleets with access to information. Many suppliers offer training and educational programs to fleets especially when it comes to new technology.
Suppliers also say they are trying to design parts that are simpler to repair in the field. These parts can easily be removed, repaired, and replaced, saving time.
In addition, suppliers are trying to understand the future needs of fleets and focus on developing products which allow fleets to increase their uptime and manage their total cost of ownership.
Suppliers want to develop trust relationships and need to actively communicate the real value of new parts and make sure they are easy to do business with.
In a similar vein, it was interesting to learn at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue that when asked why they don’t buy truck parts online, many of the fleets responding to a survey said they were concerned about losing their relationship with their distributors.
Relationships still matter in the trucking industry whether those relationships are between fleets and suppliers or fleets and the dealers and distributors they buy parts from.
The Question of Tariffs
The truck parts industry was not exempt from the effects of tariffs on goods from China and fleets probably ended up paying more for parts.
Fortunately, fleets have lots of options when it comes to purchasing parts. All-makes parts programs may have been the big winners here as they may have become on option earlier in a truck’s life cycle than they traditionally have been.
Remanufactured parts, because they typically are cheaper than new ones, may now be getting more consideration as fleets look for ways to mitigate increased parts costs.
The best strategy for dealing with the increases in parts costs caused by tariffs is a combination of buying better, stretching maintenance cycles where it makes sense, and passing along some of the costs if possible.


text:
New York – The first HDMI matrix switchers with the ability to switch 4K Ultra High-Definition signals will make their presence known at the CEDIA Expo from such companies as Wyrestorm, Zigen and DVDO.
DVDO plans to show the new Matrix6, which will be available in the fourth quarter at a suggested $499. The Matrix6 is promoted as the first dedicated matrix switcher with MHL-enabled HDMI inputs.
The Matrix6 is positioned as a single-room solution or a solution for two adjacent rooms. It features six HDMI inputs, two of which are MHL-enabled, and two HDMI outputs to enable two simultaneous 4K streams from one source to two TVs or projectors in a room. It also distributes two separate 4K sources to two separate displays. The device lacks HDBaseT technology to send HDMI over long distances throughout the house via Category cable.
The DVDO device is targeted to commercial locations such as sports bars but also to residential customers who like to watch two sports games simultaneously, a spokesman said. The device is also targeted to consumers who use a flat-screen TV in a room to watch select programs and a video projector in the same room to watch other programs, such as blockbuster movies, in a darker setting.
For its part, Zigen will show five new HDMI matrix switchers with 4K capability. The HAX-1616 and HAX-88 ship Feb.1, and the HX-1616, HX-88, and HX-44 ship Nov. 1. All five feature HDBaseT, and the HAX models add audio matrix switching.
At the Wyrestorm booth, the company will show its first 4K matrix switchers, which will be available in the first quarter. Details were unavailable.
For his part, HydraConnect president David Schanin said his current HDMI matrixes and a new model appearing at the Expo don’t support 4K, given that the required chip sets “are just in the sampling mode.” But, he added, “I expect by the end of the year to start seeing 4K switchers from us as well as other manufacturers.”


text:
Home CATEGORIES Business Ethics & Philanthropy ITC Limited adjudged ‘Best Governed Company’ at the 20th ICSI National Awards
ITC Limited has been adjudged ‘Best Governed Company’ at the 20th ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance, 2020 in the Listed Segment: Large Category.
ITC’s Company Secretary, Rajendra Kumar Singhi was also adjudged ‘Governance Professional of the Year’ for his contribution towards adoption of effective governance processes. Singhi received the Award on behalf of ITC at a ceremony held on the 13th January 2021.
Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways, Commerce and Industry and Consumer Affairs, Government of India was the Chief Guest at the Awards ceremony, which was also graced by stalwarts of the Indian corporate sector and governance professionals.
Thanking the ICSI for bestowing the Award, ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri stated, “We are deeply humbled by this befitting recognition for our robust governance model anchored on the timeless values of trusteeship, transparency and ethical corporate citizenship. The high standards that we have set for ourselves is inspired by our credo of ‘Nation First – Sab Saath Badhein’ that seeks to create enduring value for our stakeholders, making a meaningful contribution to creating larger societal value whilst enhancing the competitiveness of our businesses with agility and innovative capacity. This Award, received in the presence of Piyush Goyal ji, will indeed be a source of immense encouragement to Team ITC as we traverse this journey to build a better tomorrow for our stakeholders and the Nation.”
ICSI National Awards for Excellence in Corporate Governance is a prestigious award that acknowledges the implementation of best practices in corporate governance. Instituted by ICSI, these awards encourage and recognize individuals and listed companies that imbibe and promote a culture of good corporate governance by not only inculcating good corporate governance principles in their functioning but also by implementing innovative practices, programmes, and projects promoting the cause of corporate governance. It rigorously evaluated participants on several parameters including governance structure, transparency, and disclosure compliances, amongst others.
ITC has been one of the frontrunners in India to have put in place a formalized system of corporate governance, more than two decades back. ITC’s abiding commitment to its credo of ‘Nation First: Sab Saath Badhein’ is embodied in its corporate vision to sustain ITC’s position as one of India’s most valuable corporations through world-class performance, creating value for the Indian economy and the company’s stakeholders.
The company’s corporate governance philosophy is anchored on the values of trusteeship, transparency, ethical corporate citizenship, empowerment & accountability, and control that is embedded in the strategies and planning process of every business of the company.
Disclaimer: This media release is auto-generated. The CSR Journal is not responsible for the content


text:
After struggling for a few months, Microsoft's Bing search engine showed growth in the U.S. in June.
Yahoo's real estate site will rely exclusively on Zillow for sales listings, as Yahoo continues its trend of handing over some of its portal services to specialists.
Europe's top antitrust official said Wednesday that his office is continuing to investigate antitrust concerns about Google Inc.
Flickr has given a makeover to the layout of its site's photo display page, making the default picture size larger, revamping the navigation scheme and consolidating capabilities and information under fewer menus and sections.
Hewlett-Packard plans to use Yahoo's advertising network in a pilot program that will deliver targeted advertisements for content printed with its latest line of Web-connected printers.
Yahoo and Facebook users around the world can now link their accounts to view and share updates with friends on both Web sites, Yahoo announced Monday.
Facebook's ongoing domination of the Web reached new heights when it paired with Yahoo to integrate updates, games, and more into the number two search engine. Now that Yahoo users can enjoy Facebook without leaving Yahoo sites (click on the screen c...
Raymie Stata, named Thursday as Yahoo chief technology officer, has a tough job ahead of him: Yahoo has experienced flagging user interest ...
Despite growing privacy concerns, an astonishing 540 million Internet users worldwide visited Facebook in April 2010, or 35.2% of the entire population of Web users, according to new data from Google. Even more incredibly, those users clicked on 570 ...
Yahoo has bought Koprol.com, an Indonesian mobile location-based-services Web company similar to Foursquare in the U.S.
Yahoo Mail and Messenger will power Nokia's mobile mail and chat services starting later this year, the companies said during a press conference on Monday.
Yahoo has agreed to buy Associated Content, an Internet company that commissions and publishes articles and other content from its network of 380,000 freelance contributors and that generates revenue from online advertising.
The City of Santa Clara has approved a plan by Yahoo allowing the Internet giant to build its new headquarters on a sprawling 46-acre (186,155 square meters) campus in the heart of Silicon Valley.
The stock market crash on Thursday afternoon took financial Web sites down with it, as people hurried online to make trades and check their investments.
Yahoo will be offering five-minute video clips containing highlights of Barclays Premier League football matches from next season, after securing an exclusive deal.
Most Popular Reviews
- 1 Evapolar USB air conditioner review
- 2 LED Lenser P7R Professional Torch review
- 3 Aftershokz Wireless Trekz Titanium Bone Conduction Bluetooth Headphones review
- 4 Review: Periscope users rejoice with Feiyu’s G4 Plus 3-Axis Gimbal for Smartphone video
- 5 2016 Ford Mustang EcoBoost review
Join the Good Gear Guide newsletter!
Latest News Articles
- Evapolar USB air conditioner review
- Hackers have a treasure trove of data with the Yahoo breach
- The so-called Universal Stylus Initiative launches without the three biggest players
- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube get in on presidential debates
- More than half of PCs don't have Windows 10 AU yet, and no one's quite sure why
GGG Evaluation Team
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
- FTInfrastructure Solutions ArchitectACT
- FTCertification and Accreditation Security ConsultantACT
- CCICT Security AuditorACT
- CCPMO AnalystNSW
- FTSenior Front End DeveloperNSW
- FTEMC Storage ConsultantWA
- CCWAN Architect and ConsultantWA
- CCChange and Communications ManagerQLD
- FTTest SpecialistSA
- CCProgram Manager - Data InsightVIC
- FTScrum Master | High Profile FintechNSW
- CCiOS DeveloperNSW
- FTJava DeveloperNSW
- FTTechnical Business Analyst | Marketing ServicesNSW
- CCSenior Change ManagerVIC
- CCDesktop Infrastructure SpecialistACT
- CCLAN ConsultantWA
- FTPositive Vetted ICT positions - Defence intelligence and information securityACT
- CCJava / J2ee ProgrammersACT
- CCTest Manager (HP Quality Centre / Kronos)NSW
- FTBusiness Development Manager | ICT intelligent systems integrationVIC
- CCBusiness Analyst - Telecom ProjectNSW
- FTSenior Project Manager | TelecommunicationVIC
- CCEnterprise Application ArchitectQLD
- FTLinux Systems AdministratorNZ


text:
Including the exclusive gear and an inside look at the player’s lounge
Every year, the NBA hosts an exclusive event for the next generation NBA stars to prepare for their moment in the spotlight. This time the NBA has teamed up with Under Armour at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago.
Inside the NBA Draft Combine Players Lounge powered by Under Armour
It’s not every day that we get to see the inner workings of the NBA. Not to mention, the epic swag that pro-athletes scoop up. MAN’edged Magazine got a behind the scenes look at the hush-hush Players Lounge. Here’s a look at what the players got to see.
Under Armour exclusive gear
Of course, as the event’s new official outfitter, Under Armour announced a line of NBA Combine Apparel featuring 30 NBA team logos on Under Armour product for the first time across men’s women’s and youth apparel and accessories.
Here’s a look into the “Style Studio” where players could preview more exclusive Under Armour product.
Draft prospects will take the court wearing exclusive player apparel and accessories this week. Here’s a look at some of the gear they’ll be rocking.


text:
Wild Warfare: New multiplayer FPS hits Kickstarter
Wild Warfare is the latest multiplayer action game from rapid game development studio, Hyper Hippo Games. With a lengthy list of upcoming features that the small team hope to develop quickly, they have taken to Kickstarter to ask the community for their help. The Wild Warfare Kickstarter is live and offers a great array of exclusive rewards for backers; behind the scenes content, the chance to design in-game features, and Kickstarter exclusive items.
For more info, visit https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1502542735/wild-warfare
Articles You May Enjoy
- A Lucky Friday the 13th in DarkEden
- DarkEden is hosting a special event this weekend to coincide with the "unlucky" Friday the 13th.
- Infographic: The Evolution of Warframe
- Warframe is celebrating the holiday season by looking back at its evolution since the game's launch on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.


text:
Judges in the U.S. and Canada rejected proposals backed by warring creditors of Nortel Networks Corp. for dividing more than $7 billion in cash, causing bonds of the defunct telephone maker to plunge.
The filings say the proportional distribution would wind up giving all the creditors about 71 per cent of the return on their claims.
The decision was reached after months of courtroom battles last year over Nortel’s remaining assets, which mostly came from the sale of certain parts of the company when it folded.
The former technology giant was felled by changing market conditions, economic upheaval and an accounting scandal that devastated its stock price.
Since its fall, Nortel broke apart and sold off various chunks of its business, including patents and wireless technology, the proceeds of which were the main issue of the court hearings.


text:
StratEdge Corp. will display its high-frequency, high-speed, thermally efficient packages at IMAPS, BCICTS and EDI CON USA. StratEdge's packages meet the extreme demands of GaN and GaAs devices and the critical requirements of the telecom, mixed signal, VSAT, broadband wireless, satellite, military, test & measurement, automotive, down-hole and MEMS markets.
StratEdge will showcase two options for packaging GaN and high-power semiconductor devices, the LL family of leaded laminate copper-moly-copper (CMC) base packages and its off-the-shelf line of molded ceramic packages that can be configured to meet the requirements for chips with frequencies up to 18 GHz. These packages dissipate heat and come in fully-hermetic versions in over 200 standard outlines.
StratEdge will also feature its complete line of post-fired and molded ceramic semiconductor packages operating from DC to 63+ GHz. These packages have electrical transition designs that ensure exceptionally low electrical losses and operate efficiently, even at the highest frequencies. All packages are lead-free and most meet RoHS and WEEE standards.
"We are excited to participate in these three industry events," said Tim Going, president of StratEdge. "Since StratEdge started manufacturing packages for semiconductor devices in 1992, we have seen the demand for high speed, high frequency, data-intensive technologies multiply. This is reflected in the interest in these events."
StratEdge will be exhibiting in Booth #309 at the 2018 IMAPS Symposium on Microelectronics, which is being held October 9-11 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif. This year marks the 51st annual symposium for this microelectronics industry event.
StratEdge will be exhibiting in Booth #4 at the 2018 IEEE BiCMOS and Compound Integrated Circuits and Technology Symposium (BCICTS), which is being held October 14-17 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, Calif. BCICTS is a new symposium that combines the former Compound Semiconductor IC Symposium (CSICS) with the Biploar/BiCMOS Circuit and Technology Meeting (BCTM).
StratEdge will be in Booth #224 at EDI CON USA 2018, being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif. from October 17-18. EDI CON USA is the first industry event in the U.S. to bring together RF, microwave, EMC/EMI and high speed digital design engineers and system integrators for networking, product demonstrations, training and learning opportunities.


text:
Wanda Group is tapping into the resources of Microsoft Accelerator to enable the next wave of digital transformation of the retail industry and commercial properties in China, the company said today in an announcement.
For the past four and a half years, Microsoft Beijing Accelerator has accelerated 140 start-ups in China with alumni in the areas of hybrid cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), big data and artificial intelligence.
Wanda plans to combine its customer resources and Microsoft Accelerator's tech innovation alumni to empower them to do more for digital transformation in China. Microsoft Accelerator will provide qualified start-ups to be enlisted as vendors for Wanda Group.
"As an entrepreneur myself, I've seen many technology start-ups face the same challenges. They focus on technology innovation and product development with...
This news article comes via , who is the copyright owner of this information and news. FintekAsia.com has licensed the rights to this article and any republication or re-distribution in whole or in part of this content is strictly prohibited without the express consent of China Money Network


text:
Mavi, a Turkey-based leading jeans and apparel brand, is supporting endangered Mediterranean sea turtles for the eighth year in a row with a focused charitable collection.
As part of the Indigo Turtles Project, which it launched in collaboration with the Turkish environmental group Ecological Research Society (EKAD), the Turkish denim company brought back its turtle-themed T-shirt. The initiative, which began in 2014, aims to conserve Caretta caretta and Chelonia mydas, two sea turtle species that have been around for 110 million years and face an unclear future. Only 40% of hatchling turtles make it to the ocean, and only one in a thousand makes it to adulthood.
Mavi creates and sells limited-edition T-shirts to raise funds for conservation initiatives every year. With an all-over blue geometric turtle print and an embroidered "Save The Turtles" tag on the hem, this year's design is similar to previous year's. Turtles with a water-color look and the phrase "Indigo Turtles" have been featured in previous designs. In 2015 and 2016, the company collaborated with Orta Anadolu, a Turkish denim manufacturer, to bring the collection to reality.
T-shirts cost $28 and come in both men's and women's sizes. Five young sea turtles are saved for every T-shirt purchased. Since its inception, EKAD has assisted over 1 million turtles in reaching the sea and increased the number of nests from 500 to 3,200.
Mavi's environmental commitment goes beyond its cooperation with EKAD. It launched its sustainable All Blue line last year, which uses natural materials like Tencel, organic cotton, and recycled fibers to reduce environmental impact. The collection is made with water- and energy-saving laser technology, as well as environmentally friendly washing techniques.
Mavi's T-shirt project follows a flurry of others created by denim businesses to raise money for local charities. Abercrombie & Fitch worked with Ohio-based artist Francesca Miller on a line of T-shirts honoring Black joy earlier this month. The firm gave $35,000 to The Steve Fund, an organization that supports the legacy of Steve Jobs, to coincide with the collection.
A weekly report covering market and price information on the entire chain of polyester along with online access to daily polyester chain prices.
One-time reports that are issued annually cover the demand and supply trends in individual products including polyester, nylon, acrylic, viscose, and cotton.
One-time reports that are issued annually cover the demand and supply trends in the individual country's natural and manmade fiber/filament industries.
Countries Served Worldwide


text:
Hacked Smartphones Could Jeopardize Troop Safety
Date: Wednesday, August 18 @ 20:44:17 UTC
In light of the revelations that Android smartphones can be hacked, Network World has reported that compromised smartphones could endanger troops.
Hugh Thompson, a software security professor at Columbia University says that "software that commandeers phone functions could give wartime enemies valuable information about troop locations and movements. Even normal apps can send a lot of information back home."
This poses the question as to how individuals decide what features of their smartphone to use during their deployment in war zones. Many, for instance, might not realise that the photos taken on their phones and sent to their loved ones carry GPS location data that, if intercepted, might prove very useful to the enemy. Malware can also turn phone microphones on or even secretly snap photos.
Click here to read more...
Click here to discuss...


text:
In our global competitive landscape, all firms are trying to get a hold of the next best thing. Since its popularity in 2016, Blockchain has been at the forefront of innovation. Blockchain has already started to affect many industries and will continue to do so in the coming 5 to 10 years. It is already changing the way we work in the fields of finance, legal, and healthcare.
Blockchain and Finance
Our current financial system has many problems because of how antique it is. Harvard Business Review says that it is a kludge of industrial technologies and paper-based processes dressed up in a digital wrapper. A huge issue in the financial world is how it is susceptible to economic crime every year. Blockchain helps firms by reducing fraud, KYC regulation, and cross-border payments.
In a report by PWC on the financial services sector, it was reported that 45% of financial intermediaries, such as payment networks, stock exchanges, and money transfer services are affected by fraud every year. Most banks are currently utilizing a centralized database, but with Blockchain, there are several nodes that hackers must go through. The more nodes there are, the more secure Blockchain would be.
Know Your Customer (KYC) Regulation
In a 2017 report, Thomson Reuters stated that the costs and time taken to onboard a new client would rise. On average, financial institutions spend $48 million dollars on KYC and banks spend greater than that at $70 million dollars. These KYC regulations are important to reduce terrorism and money laundering. With the use of Blockchain, there would be an independent verification of one client by one organization and other organizations would be able to access this previous verification so that the KYC process wouldn’t have to be done all over again. With Blockchain, there would be a significant reduction of costs in compliance and an increase of efficiency in onboarding.
Global payments are expected to grow 5% per year every year according to McKinsey & Company and the total of $2 trillion dollars in revenue per year. If you were to send an international transaction today, it would take days if not weeks to be completed. Right now, the transfer of money has been expensive and slow because it would have to go through many intermediaries. Blockchain can speed up and simplify this process by cutting out the middlemen in this process and reduces costs of upwards of 2-3% of the total amount.
Blockchain and Legal
The legal services industry could benefit from Blockchain technology in several ways. The first way in which Blockchains are already being used is the creation of smart contracts, where commands are built into the contract and are executed when triggered. For example, when the terms of conditions are verified, the payouts are exchanged automatically. Blockchain also keeps track of land registry and deeds by creating a public blockchain ledger that is easily verified.
Blockchain and Healthcare
In Boston alone, there are 26 different electronic medical record systems being used today. The use of Blockchain would benefit the healthcare industry tremendously for both sides of the party. All information would be stored on a blockchain and whenever any caregiver could use it without worrying about incompatibility issues. This would not only result in a way to share medical records but also protect patient's data from hackers.


text:
A little piece of Topeka history is shutting down this week.
As we first reported Tuesday.... Hillmer's Luggage, Leather and Gifts began running "going out of business ads" this week...which brought customers running in.
It's Topeka's oldest retail store. Established in 1896. Located on Southeast 6th street... just East of Kansas Avenue.
Walt and Joyce Hillmer ran it for many years...they sold the business 2 years ago to Greg Mathena and his daughter, Johnna.
Saturday will be their last day in business.